Sirius, a four and a half year old yellow lab, was the only K9 killed in the September 11 attacks. Sirius was a member of the NY/NJ Port Authority Police Department and worked as an Explosives Detection Dog !!!

please come to a vigil and memorial service in his honor.
The image of this horse has resonated around the world. He did not have to be involved in a tragic accident as Spotty was. Just the image of a lonely dead horse, lying on W. 54th St. was enough

Thousands of Vietnamese fishermen are giving a royal send-off to a 15-ton dead whale, gathering at a southern Vietnamese village to pay homage at a funeral for the creature they call "Your Excellency."

About eight years ago, we went to the ASPCA in NYC to adopt a dog. While completing the adoption papers, a lady walked in with a scruffy matted little dog named Barkley. She said she had adopted him a few weeks before and was returning him because of

Late in the afternoon of Sunday, June 10, 1985, Cole McFarland Jr. went walking. He took with him two dogs -- Noble, his 3-year-old golden retriever, and Starbell, Noble's "girlfriend." The path they chose borders the train tracks in Carlsbad, a coastal

For years they have served on the front lines - in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and now Iraq and Afghanistan. But these service members haven't been tossed the bone they truly deserve, so a national group is pushing for military dogs to finally get their

This morning, 27 Oct 2009, for the first time in 30 years I didn't glance in our barnyard to check on Bonnie. Nor was I greeted by her soft nicker when I went outside. It was a gray morning with new snow on the ground, but there were no tracks from the

AUSTRALIAN soldiers serving in Afghanistan gathered at the weekend to conduct a farewell ceremony to honour another comrade killed in action in the long-running war. Medical personnel had tried to save the Australian Defence Force's life-saving bomb-

Honoring Maryellen C´s, beautiful Davey Jones, the most famous cat of Care2, that had his own Diary monthly at Catnip Chronicles, internationaly known and read by many.
We love you Davey Jones....forever.
THANK YOU.
Care2 members.

Tears were flowing when Greater Vancouver Zoo staff held a memorial service on Sunday for Jocko, a spider monkey that was killed after an enclosure at the zoo was broken into overnight Tuesday. "He was very loving. He absolutely loved people," said

The Ontario SPCA Sudbury & District Branch has launched a new fundraising initiative that offers animal lovers a unique way to honour the loss of a special animal in their life - the chance to place their pet "among the stars."

Somehow, said Christine Cunningham, something good has to come from all the bad: A cat microwaved to death, horses starved, puppies thrown into an outhouse, a family dog's throat allegedly slit by an irate neighbour. A recent spate of high-profile animal